Tyson Hinschberger

I’ve been contemplating the fact that a lot of Canadians I know are hanging their hopes on the American midterms returning the House and possibly (though not as likely) the Senate to the Democrats. The belief is that if that happens, the American president will be neutered until his term ends two years hence, and the relationship between our two countries will “go back to normal.” Donald Trump essentially pushes through his ideas via Executive Order, and shows a fine disregard for the other branches of government. I do not believe it will go back to normal — even Gavin Newsom, a progressive socialist Democrat will not commit to ending tariffs should he win. The reality is that although Donald Trump grossly exaggerates our alleged ripping off of America, we, like Europe, have been free riders on American defence capabilities for decades, and that is shameful. The first responsibility of any government is to protect its citizens. Ours is both unwilling and incapable of doing so. Our government has flooded the country with migrants from low-trust societies, with no expectation from those coming here to respect our cultural norms. Quite the opposite, in fact. The pressure on our infrastructure is extreme, and it has caused division unlike anything I’ve seen here in my long-ish life. Our own country is a complete mess, and yet voter turnout for both provincial and municipal elections is abysmal. We have a prime minister who like most of the Laurentian elite is entirely disconnected from the electorate and a heavily subsidised msm which does not report honestly on the state of the nation. Still we are convinced that somehow a Democratic triumph south of the border will “save” us. It will not. The Democratic party has been overrun by progressive socialists and my view is that in the event of the flipping of the House the result in the next presidential election will be a victory for a Republican. A centrist and decent Republican would in my view be preferable to Gavin Newsom, who is fine with alliwing men into women’s prisons, shelters and sports (very much like our own government). But really, should we not be a tad less fixated on the United States and look at the terrible state our own country is in? The work to fix these things is hard. Yet we are not free to abandon it.